The cloud or hosted computing has been around in many ways and forms for some time now but, for business the “way and form” has now changed forever.

The cloud now offers specific capabilities never before made possible which have real and quantifiable benefits.

Lower CapEx

Flexibility and Scalability

Easier maintenance and upgrades

Higher business continuity

Increased IT security

Lower CapEx

Access to IT services on-demand – as and when they are required – allows businesses to move to an OpEx model. Large-scale CapEx projects, spending thousands on hardware and software with potentially limited lifespans has become possible and popular. Businesses can now source IT services in the cloud, leaving the vendor to take responsibility for the majority of the infrastructure. Businesses become consumers of IT services rather than the owners thereof.

Flexibility & Scalability

Cloud services make it possible for employees to work from almost anywhere on almost anything. Access to important files, data, documents and IT tools, using a range of computing devices, is possible from almost any connected location. With the required bandwidth, it is possible to work online, replicating the office environment and ensuring employees can work productively.

Numerous studies highlight the range of services utilized by business employees in the cloud. Included are Office applications (including email), virtual private networks, databases, archives, production systems, CRM and video conferencing.

Increased IT Security

In the early cloud days, concerns hovered over security with data hosted off-site and was seen as a notable inhibitor to service adoption. However, cloud computing has matured, businesspeople have gained more of an understanding as to how it works and many of these fears have been allayed.

Rather than weakening IT security, users are saying that cloud computing improves companies’ lines of defence. The vendor community got this message and spent huge amounts of money on securing their data center infrastructure, and keeping their customers’ platforms safe and secure. Vendors benefit from economies of scale because they can afford to invest in the latest technology solutions and preventive approaches, which few individual businesses can afford to do to the same degree.

Being able to provide hosting and cloud services to small and medium size business doesn't happen overnight. We've honed our skills, services and technology over 25 years across multiple platforms to be in expert position we're in today.

We understand that the cloud is not an "On" or an "Off" switch and that companies have specific requirements combining many services to support business operations.